Behind every great leader is a great personal assistant. Technologies such as e-mail, voice mail, mobile devices, and online calendars have allowed managers at all levels to operate with a greater degree of self-sufficiency. Combine this with a need for cost efficiency and lower headcount, and it becomes more difficult to justify a personal assistant.
Online learning courses are not new to the internet. In fact, businesses and marketing experts will tell you that the most successful sites on the internet are those that offer training and learning.
How personal development courses can help you to get the job you always wanted:
Ethics are involved in many of our professional decisions everyday and they affect us as individuals and also those around us. In some of the toughest moments, it can be hard to maintain your integrity. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ethics as: “The moral principles governing or influencing conduct.” When we are dishonest, not only do we lose the trust of others, but we also undermine our...
The Importance of Learning Another Language Learning a new language has a great many advantages. Apart from the requirement from some institutions to learn a foreign language, many individuals are pursuing second and even third language options for a number of reasons. There is a great deal of self-fulfillment and accomplishment in discovering and mastering another language through an online...
According to the recent Engagement and the Global Workplace by Steelcase Inc., one-third of workers in 17 of the world’s most important economies are disengaged.
Find out the difference between the Nanolearning and Microlearning, and why both make absolute sense when it comes to learning a language, with all of its grammar, vocab, idioms and odd little rules.
Essential business etiquette and cultural intelligence of the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. Customer service in Japan is a highly developed art form, and it is not surprising to know that a same level of service would be expected whilst abroad. Bring on Japanese “Omotenashi” (Service – Japanese-style!). “Omotenashi” means “to welcome guests wholeheartedly.” It comes from the...
It’s easy to get lost in the language of the eLearning world, if you don’t hablas tech. Use this Jargon Buster to ensure you know your xAPI from your SCORM and master these EdTech terms and acronyms.
The EdTech universe is filled with words and acronyms that are highly technical and field-specific. Just this week I received an email from a colleague with the subject line “xAPI and LRS for mLMS” which made perfect sense to me but not to someone who is not familiar with the jargon which we are so used to working on eLearning projects. Here I share 12 online acronyms you need to know...